CONGRATULATIONS
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1940's, 50's, 60's
and 70's !!
>>
>>
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank
while they carried us.
>>
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get
tested for diabetes.
>>
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured
lead-based paints.
>>
We had no
childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our
bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking
>>
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air
bags.
>>
Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun.
>>
We drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a
bottle.
>>
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
>>
We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but
we weren't overweight because......
>>
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
>>
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
when the streetlights came on.
>>
No
one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
>>
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem .
>>
We did not
have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels
on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cell phones, no text messaging, no personal
computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we
went outside and found them!
>>
We fell
out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from
these accidents .
>>
We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
>>
Made up
games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen,
we did not poke out any eyes.
>>
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door
or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
>>
Local
teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to
learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
>>
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the
law!
>>
This
generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and
inventors ever!
>>
The past
50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
>>
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
>>
HOW TO
>>
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
>>
And YOU are one of them!
>>
CONGRATULATIONS!
>>
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own
good.
>>
and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
>>
Kind of makes you
want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
>>
PS -The BIG type is because your eyes are shot at your age
TO ALL THE KIDS WHO WERE BORN IN THE
1940's, 50's, 60's
and 70's !!
>>
>>
First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank
while they carried us.
>>
They took aspirin, ate blue cheese dressing, tuna from a tin, and didn't get
tested for diabetes.
>>
Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured
lead-based paints.
>>
We had no
childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our
bikes, we had no helmets, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking
>>
As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air
bags.
>>
Riding in the back of a van - loose - was always great fun.
>>
We drank water from the garden hosepipe and NOT from a
bottle.
>>
We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.
>>
We ate cakes, white bread and real butter and drank pop with sugar in it, but
we weren't overweight because......
>>
WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!
>>
We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back
when the streetlights came on.
>>
No
one was able to reach us all day. And we were O.K.
>>
We would spend hours building our go-carts out of scraps and then ride down
the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. After running into the bushes
a few times, we learned to solve the problem .
>>
We did not
have Playstations, Nintendo's, X-boxes, no video games at all, no 99 channels
on cable, no video tape movies, no surround sound,no cell phones, no text messaging, no personal
computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms..........WE HAD FRIENDS and we
went outside and found them!
>>
We fell
out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from
these accidents .
>>
We played with worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.
>>
Made up
games with sticks and tennis balls and although we were told it would happen,
we did not poke out any eyes.
>>
We rode bikes or walked to a friend's house and knocked on the door
or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!
>>
Local
teams had tryouts and not everyone made the team. Those who didn't had to
learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!!
>>
The idea of a parent bailing us out if we broke the law was unheard of. They actually sided with the
law!
>>
This
generation has produced some of the best risk-takers, problem solvers and
inventors ever!
>>
The past
50 years have been an explosion of innovation and new ideas.
>>
We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned
>>
HOW TO
>>
DEAL WITH IT ALL!
>>
And YOU are one of them!
>>
CONGRATULATIONS!
>>
You might want to share this with others who have had the luck to grow up as
kids, before the lawyers and the government regulated our lives for our own
good.
>>
and while you are at it, forward it to your kids so they will know how brave their parents were.
>>
Kind of makes you
want to run through the house with scissors, doesn't it?!
>>
PS -The BIG type is because your eyes are shot at your age
My eyes are getting wet....gotta go.